OPERATION METHOD OF USER INTERFACE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND PORTABLE DEVICE

• US 20090267900A1
• Filed: 12/10/2008
• Published: 10/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Yu-Chuan, Chen, Chung-Cheng
• Application Number:
  US12/331,434
• Publication Number:
  US 20090267900A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

An operation method of a user interface suitable for performing an input operation on an input panel displayed on a display is provided. The input panel comprises a plurality of keys. The operation method includes deciding an input command through one of the keys of the input panel. Then, a vision feedback represented by an image is displayed within a display area of a display.

Claims

1. An operation method of a user interface, suitable for performing an input operation on a software keypad displayed by a touch screen, wherein the software keypad is provided with a plurality of keys and each of the keys at least corresponds to two alphanumerics or a function input, the method comprising:

deciding an input command through one of the keys of the software keypad; and

displaying an image representing a vision feedback in a display area of the touch screen.

3. The operation method of a user interface according to claim 1, wherein the image is presented as a window block.

4. The operation method of a user interface according to claim 3, wherein the window block is displayed in a proportion of the key and a grayscale image or an appearance of the arrangement of the window block is the same as a grayscale image or an appearance of the arrangement of the key.

5. The operation method of a user interface according to claim 1, further comprising:

confirming one of the alphanumerics or the function input corresponding to the input command according to the input command decided by the software keypad; and

outputting the confirmed alphanumeric or function input on the touch screen.

6. The operation method of a user interface according to claim 5, wherein the step of outputting the confirmed alphanumeric or function input on the touch screen further comprises outputting one of the corresponding alphanumerics when a time for deciding the input command is smaller than a preset value.

7. The operation method of a user interface according to claim 5, wherein the step of outputting the confirmed alphanumeric or function input on the touch screen further comprises when a time for deciding the input command reaches a preset value, outputting one of the corresponding alphanumerics at a time interval within the time.

8. The operation method of a user interface according to claim 5, wherein the step of outputting the confirmed alphanumeric or function input on the touch screen further comprises when a time for deciding the input command reaches a preset value, continually outputting one of the corresponding alphanumerics within the input time.

2. The operation method of a user interface according to claim 2, wherein the touch screen is a resistive touch screen or a capacitive touch screen.

9. A computer readable medium, suitable for responding an input operation on an input panel displayed on a display, wherein the input panel is provided with a plurality of keys and one of the keys at least corresponds to two alphanumerics or a function input, the computer readable medium comprising:

a receiving module, for receiving an input command through one of the keys of the input panel; and

a displaying module, for displaying an image representing a vision feedback in a display area of the display.

10. The computer readable medium according to claim 9, wherein the touch screen is a resistive touch screen or a capacitive touch screen.

11. The computer readable medium according to claim 9, wherein the input panel is a software keypad.

12. The computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the software keypad is selected from a group consisting of a full QWERTY keypad, a phone keypad and a compact QWERTY keypad.

13. The computer readable medium according to claim 9, wherein the image is presented as a window block.

14. The computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the window block is displayed in a proportion of the key and a grayscale image or an appearance of the arrangement of the window block is the same as a grayscale image or an appearance of the arrangement of the key.

15. The computer readable medium according to claim 9, further comprising:

a confirming module, for confirming one of the alphanumerics or the function input that is output in response to receiving the input command according to the input command generated by the input panel; and

an output module, for outputting the confirmed alphanumeric or function input on the display.

16. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the output module further comprises an input time determining module for outputting one of the corresponding alphanumerics when a time for deciding the input command is smaller than a preset value.

17. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the output module further comprises an input time determining module for outputting one of the corresponding alphanumerics at a time interval within an input time when the input time for deciding the input command reaches a preset value.

18. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the output module further comprises an input time determining module for continually outputting one of the corresponding alphanumerics within an input time when the input time for deciding the input command reaches a preset value.

19. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the output module further comprises performing a function corresponding to the function input on the display when the input command is confirmed to be the function input.

20. A portable device, comprising:

a touch and display unit, displaying an input control panel, wherein the input control panel is provided with a plurality of input keys and one of the keys at least corresponds to two alphanumerics or a function input;

a receiving module, for receiving an input command through one of the input keys in the input panel; and

a displaying module, for displaying a window block representing a vision feedback in a display area of the touch and display unit.

21. The portable device according to claim 20, further comprising:

a confirming module, for confirming one of the alphanumerics or the function input that corresponds to the key receiving the input command according to the input command generated by the input panel; and

an output module, for outputting the confirmed alphanumeric or function input on the touch and display unit.

22. The portable device according to claim 20, wherein the confirming module comprises an input time determining module for respectively inputting a different one of the alphanumerics when the time for deciding the input command is smaller than or reaches a preset value.